Ashcott, Somerset Family History Guide

Ashcott is a chapelry of Shapwick Ancient Parish in Somerset.

Other places in the parish include: Pedwell and Higher Pedwell.

Parish church: All Saints

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1743 see also Shapwick
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1586

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Parishes adjacent to Ashcott

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASHCOTT, a parish in Bridgewater district, Somerset; near the Glastonbury railway, 5 miles WSW of Glastonbury. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Bath; and includes the hamlet of Pedwell. Acres, 2,272. Real property, £4,328. Pop., 817. Houses, 183 The manor belonged to Glastonbury Abbey. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Shapwick, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church was restored in 1860. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £70.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Ashcott, 8 m. E. Bridgewater. P. 843.

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ASHCOTT (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Bridgwater, hundred of Whitley, W. division of Somerset, 5 miles (W. S. W.) from Glastonbury; containing, with the hamlet of Pedwell, 843 inhabitants. This parish, which is bounded on the south by the Polden hills, and intersected by the road from Glastonbury to Bridgwater, formerly belonged to the abbey of Glastonbury. A fair for cattle is held on January 9th. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Shapwick: the impropriate tithes have been commuted for £158. 16., the vicarial for £155, and £9. 10. are paid to the rector of Walton-cum-Street; the glebe consists of 45 acres. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. In 1737 Richard Miles bequeathed a sum of money, since vested in land, now producing £70 per annum, which is distributed among the poor.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Somerset, Ashcott – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Ashcott, 1841-1891 Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Somerset, Ashcott – Census – 1811 ( 1 )
1811 census of Ashcott (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Ashcott – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Ashcott, 1586-1812 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashcott (Somersetshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Ashcott, 1607-1847 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashcott (Somersetshire)
Churchwardens’ accounts, 1833-1844 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashcott (Somersetshire)
England, Somerset, Ashcott, parish registers, 1743-1996 Author: Somerset Record Office
Parish registers for Ashcott, 1743-1887 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashcott (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Ashcott – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Ashcott, Somerset, England

England, Somerset, Ashcott – History ( 1 )
Spotlight on Ashcott Author: Burge, Reginald

England, Somerset, Ashcott – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Ashcott, 1767-1832 Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Ashcott – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Ashcott, 1767-1832 Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

Administration

  • County: Somerset
  • Civil Registration District: Bridgwater
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Glastonbury
  • Poor Law Union: Bridgwater
  • Hundred: Whitley
  • Province: Canterbury